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Air pollution likely to be causing dementia, say UK science advisers
We know that air pollution is bad for our lungs and heart, but now advisers to the UK government say…
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In ominous sign for global warming, feedback loop may be accelerating methane emissions
If carbon dioxide is an oven steadily roasting our planet, methane is a blast from the broiler: a more potent…
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Draft bill would ban CDC, NIH from funding lab research in China
A proposal moving through Congress to bar the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and…
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Drugs used to treat ADHD and depression may ease Alzheimer’s symptoms
By Grace Wade An MRI scan of a person with Alzheimer’s disease Atthapon Raksthaput/Shutterstock Medications used to treat conditions like…
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What Researchers Know about Gun Policies’ Effectiveness
About 40% of the world’s civilian-owned firearms are in the United States, a country that has had some 1.4 million…
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Newly identified species is the world’s largest known giant water lily
Almost 180 years after specimens were first brought from Bolivia to the UK, a giant water lily has been confirmed…
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News at a glance: Polio in London sewage, U.S. science spending bills, and new medical citations leader
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African wild dogs give birth 22 days later than they did 30 years ago
African wild dogs like to breed at the coolest time of year, and climate change has shifted the average timing…
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We Need to Make ‘Electrifying Everything’ Easier
Converting a home to run on renewable energy has never looked more appealing. Oil and gas prices have surged while…
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UK’s largest carbon capture project will turn CO2 into baking soda
Tata Chemicals Europe’s plant at Northwich will eventually capture 40,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year for use in making…
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